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Offline turtle

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DogWood bow
« on: March 15, 2007, 10:39:09 pm »
  I made this bow from a two inch ground sucker. This was my first experience with an arched back.It kinda tapered itself in width as i tillered it. Bow is 63 1/2" N.T.N .1 5/8" at fades tapers to 1 1/2" at mid limb then to 1/2" at nocks. Lower limb goes i little wider than top limb in a couple of places due to rather large knots. She shoots where i look with minimal shock, but not quite as snappy as i was hoping for.

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 10:47:47 pm »
 Itstarted out with 1 1/2" of natural reflex but now has 1 1/2" deflex when first unstrung.

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2007, 10:53:46 pm »
 For some reason my PC locks up if i try to send more than 3 pictures at once.

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2007, 11:06:58 pm »
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2007, 11:46:45 pm »
Thats a fine lookin piece of Dogwood!  ;D The artwork gives it a great rugged look! At brace and full draw she don't look so bad either!
Nice job!  :D ;D
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2007, 11:55:56 pm »
That is a good looking bow.  What length are the limbs.   I like the paint job. Justin
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2007, 12:00:19 am »
Very nice. I assume this is a Southern dogwood? Ours (here in W. Montana) would never get large enough.)
Excellent tiller. And Bookmarked for March Self Bow of the Month.  Thanks for the post.
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Offline Coo-wah-chobee

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2007, 12:07:37 am »
           Good lookin' bow....nice work.............bob
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2007, 02:18:45 am »
  The tiller looks real good, as does the entire bow, if you feel it is not as snappy as you hoped for maybe the moisture was a bit higher than you expected, dogwood seems to hang on to that last few points of moisture kind of stubbornly and shoots best pretty dry. Steve
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2007, 06:14:13 am »
Very nice turtle,the tiller looks great.I like dogwood it make a nice bow,but like Badger said it needs to be dry.Good job. :)
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2007, 07:08:28 am »
nice bow, turtle.  i particularly like the paint job.
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Offline DanaM

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2007, 07:42:42 am »
Great job turtle, nice tiller, interesting paint scheme. I like to see bows made from different woods.

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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2007, 08:31:14 am »
Good looking bow. You did a great job of working with the knots and dippity doos.
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2007, 08:35:13 am »
Fine bow. I'd throw it in the hotbox for a coupla weeks and see if it's cast improves.
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Re: DogWood bow
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2007, 10:25:31 am »
Thats a fine looking weapon! nice art work as well.
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